Irish House Duo Bicep Share Their Blissful New Single “Vale”

A rare vocal track from their self-titled debut album.

Bicep are masters of finely crafting tension on the dancefloor with their loose-limbed house productions, as on the inescapable 2015 tune "Just." On their self-titled debut album due out on September 1 via Ninja Tune, they apply that delicate approach to a whole new palette of sounds, grazing up against techno, electro, and Italo Disco — and even, on the airy latest single "Vale," featuring a top line sung by an anonymous friend.

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"'Vale' is one of the many little hybrid experiments of ours which came about whilst writing the album," Bicep explained to The FADER in an email. "We drew influence from a broad range of sources like R&B, new age, jungle, and electro. Having historically used vocal samples, working with a few vocalists on the album brought new challenges to the recording process which added to the learning curve of the process as a whole." Listen exclusively below.